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Why Do the New Black Panthers So Hate President Obama?

July 15, 2010 - 12:25 am - by Ed Driscoll

Here’s New Black Panthers leader Malik Shabazz defending Saddam Hussein in 2002:




And here’s Shabazz, also from 2002, praising Osama bin Laden:



Presumably they must hold the same opinions about both men today; even as President Obama is commander in chief of US forces both in Afghanistan, and still in Iraq and helping to shepherd that nation’s nascent post-Saddam democracy. Otherwise, they would have to be accused of being opportunists and political poseurs of the worst order.


But then, one can say that about a number of Obama’s closest supporters, as well. Meanwhile, a look back at 1998:


Filed under: Liberal Fascism, Muggeridge's Law, Radical Chic, The Memory Hole, War And Anti-War

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  1. 1. vb

    I just checked out Malik Zulu Shabazz at Wiki and learned that in addition to his degrees from Howard, he was chosen as Young Lawyer of the Year in 1998 by the National Bar Association. The NAACP is worried about Bill Cosby and Tea Party people, and our role model president gives these thugs a free pass.

    July 15, 2010 - 2:38 am   Link to this Comment